Nanuqsaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Reconstructed skull with cast of the holotype in place, Perot Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Tyrannosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Tyrannosaurinae |
Genus: | †Nanuqsaurus Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014 |
Type species | |
†Nanuqsaurus hoglundi Fiorillo & Tykoski, 2014
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Nanuqsaurus ('meaning polar bear lizard') is a genus of theropod dinosaur.[1] It is only known from one specimen, DMNH 21461, a partial skull roof found in Alaska. This dinosaur may grown to about 6 m (~20 ft) long, half the size of Tyrannosaurus.
The skull would have been about 50 cm (1.65 ft) when complete.